Performance Calendar 2013
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BANFF – CANADA
Banff Centre Lunchtime Recital
January 9th, 1pm
Banff Centre: Rolston Recital Hall
Iris ter Schiphorst: Hi Bill! for solo bass clarinet
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BANFF – CANADA
Friday Evenings at the Rolston
January 11th, 7:30pm
Banff Centre: Rolston Recital Hall
Iris ter Schiphorst: Hi Bill! for solo bass clarinet
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Capricorn and Leo (version by A.W. Smith)
Ashley William Smith (bass clarinet), Stacie Dunlop (soprano)
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Canmore Sundays
January 13th, 1pm
Otto Ketting: Dubrovnik, trio for clarinet, violin and piano (Canadian premiere)
J.S. Bach: Suite BWV 1008: Prelude
black milk: Miki Sawada (piano), Christina Katsimbardis (violin), Ashley Smith (clarinet)
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Closed Recording Session
January 15th
Banff Centre: Rolston Recital Hall
Otto Ketting: Dubrovnik, trio for clarinet, violin and piano
black milk: Miki Sawada (piano), Christina Katsimbardis (violin), Ashley Smith (clarinet)
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BANFF – CANADA
black milk in recital
January 17th, 4:30pm
Banff Centre: Bentley Recital Hall
Bela Bartok: Contrasts
Igor Stavinsky: Suite from Histoire du Soldat
black milk: Christina Katsimbardis (violin), Miki Sawada (piano), Ashley Smith (clarinet)
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BANFF – CANADA
Friday Evenings at the Rolston
January 18th, 7:30pm
Banff Centre: Rolston Recital Hall
Bela Bartok: Contrasts
Igor Stravinsky: Suite from Histoire du Soldat
black milk: Christina Katsimbardis (violin), Miki Sawada (piano), Ashley Smith (clarinet)
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NEW HAVEN – USA
New Music New Haven
February 7th, 8pm
Yale University: Sprague Hall
Polina Nazaykinskaya: Lamentation of the Bird for clarinet and piano (world premiere)
Ashley William Smith (clarinet), Oliver Jia (piano)
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WASHINGTON D.C. - USA
The Conservatory Project
February 16th, 6pm
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C.
David Lang: Press Release for solo bass clarinet
http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=21952&source_type=B
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NEW HAVEN – USA
Pierrot Lunaire
February 17th, 8pm
Yale University: Timothy Dwight College Master's House
Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
Virginia Warnken (recitation), Ginevra Petrucci (flute/piccolo), Ashley Smith (clarinet/bass clarinet), Jacob Ashworth (violin/viola), Clare Monfredo (cello), Daniel Schlosberg (piano)
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NEW YORK – USA
Bang on a Can @MoMA: Consonant Abstraction
February 26th, 6pm
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Works by Debussy and Reich
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/events/17150
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NEW HAVEN – USA
Master of Music Degree Recital
March 4th, 5pm
Yale University: Sprague Hall
Jabob ter Veldhuis: Grab It! for bass clarinet, boom box and video
Iris ter Schiphorst: Hi Bill! for solo bass clarinet
Luciano Berio: Sequenza IX
Bela Bartok: Contrasts
Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Ashley Smith (clarinets/bass clarinet/basset horn), Miki Sawada (piano), Victor Fournelle-Blain, Kayla Moffett, Shawn Moore (violins), Isabella Mensz (viola), Clare Monfredo (cello), Yuki Katayama, Jack Vees, Christopher Melillo (audio and visual)
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NEW HAVEN – USA
New Music New Haven
March 7th, 8pm
Yale University: Sprague Hall
Michael Daugherty: Walk the Walk for bass clarinet and percussion
Ashley Smith (bass clarinet), Jonny Allen and Doug Perry (percussion)
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NEW HAVEN – USA
Pierrot Lunaire at the Yale Cabaret
March 28th, 29th, 30th: 8pm and 11pm
Yale Cabaret
Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
Johannes Brahms: Chamber music selections
Ethan Heard (director), James Cusati-Myer (actor), Virginia Warnken (recitation), Ginevra Petrucci (flute/piccolo), Ashley Smith (clarinet/bass clarinet), Jacob Ashworth (violin/viola), Clare Monfredo (cello), Daniel Schlosberg (piano)
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DUNKELD - AUSTRALIA
Dunkeld Festival of Music
Sunday April 14th, 7:30pm
Myers’ Gallery
Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano
Ashley Smith (clarinet), Timothy Young (piano)
http://www.asq.com.au/whats-on/detail/dunkeld-festival-of-music/dunkeld-festival-of-music
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Dunkeld Festival of Music
Monday April 15th, 2:30pm
Mt Sturgeon Woolshed
Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Australian String Quartet, Ashley Smith (clarinets/bass clarinet)
http://www.asq.com.au/whats-on/detail/dunkeld-festival-of-music/dunkeld-festival-of-music
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DUNKELD - AUSTRALIA
Dunkeld Festival of Music
Monday April 15th, 6:30pm
Myers’ Gallery
Ravel: La Valse
(Gala Dinner at the Royal Mail Hotel immediately following the concert)
Australian String Quartet, Marshall McGuire (harp), Ashley Smith (clarinet), Timothy Young (piano)
http://www.asq.com.au/whats-on/detail/dunkeld-festival-of-music/dunkeld-festival-of-music
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DUNKELD - AUSTRALIA
Dunkeld Festival of Music
Tuesday April 16th, 10:00am
Mt Sturgeon Woolshed
W.A. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Australian String Quartet, Ashley Smith (basset clarinet)
http://www.asq.com.au/whats-on/detail/dunkeld-festival-of-music/dunkeld-festival-of-music
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BALLARAT – AUSTRALIA
Art Gallery of Ballarat Music Series
Tuesday April 16th, 8pm
Ballarat Art Gallery
W.A. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Australian String Quartet, Ashley Smith (basset clarinet)
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DUNKELD – AUSTRALIA
Dunkeld Festival of Music
Sunday April 19th, 7:30pm
Myers’ Gallery
Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano
Ashley Smith (clarinet), Timothy Young (piano)
http://www.asq.com.au/whats-on/detail/dunkeld-festival-of-music/dunkeld-festival-of-music
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DUNKELD – AUSTRALIA
Dunkeld Festival of Music
Saturday April 20th, 2:30pm
Mt Sturgeon Woolshed
Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Australian String Quartet, Ashley Smith (clarinets/bass clarinet)
http://www.asq.com.au/whats-on/detail/dunkeld-festival-of-music/dunkeld-festival-of-music
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DUNKELD – AUSTRALIA
Dunkeld Festival of Music
Myers’ Gallery
Saturday April 20th, 6:30pm
Ravel: La Valse
Australian String Quartet, Marshall McGuire (harp), Ashley Smith (clarinet), Timothy Young (piano)
Gala Dinner at the Royal Mail Hotel immediately following the concert.
http://www.asq.com.au/whats-on/detail/dunkeld-festival-of-music/dunkeld-festival-of-music
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DUNKELD – AUSTRALIA
Dunkeld Festival of Music
Sunday April 21st, 10:00am
Mt Sturgeon Woolshed
W.A. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Australian String Quartet, Ashley Smith (basset clarinet)
http://www.asq.com.au/whats-on/detail/dunkeld-festival-of-music/dunkeld-festival-of-music
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NEW HAVEN – USA
New Music New Haven
Tuesday April 30th, 8pm
Sprague Hall: Yale University
Balint Karosi: New work
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MARGARET RIVER – AUSTRALIA
Margaret River Weekend of Music
May 3rd, 4th and 5th
Various locations: Cullen Wines, Voyager Estate, Leeuwin Estate and Vasse Felix
Program to include:
W.A. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Australian String Quartet, Ashley Smith (clarinets/bass clarinet)
http://www.asq.com.au/whats-on/detail/margaret-river-weekend-of-music/margaret-river-weekend-of-music
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BEIJING – CHINA
Beijing Modern Music Festival
MAY 18th, 19th and 20th
Program to include works by David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon
http://bmmf.ccom.edu.cn/en/index.html
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NEW HAVEN – USA
International Festival or Arts and Ideas
June 19th and 20th
Iseman Theater
Martin Bresnick: My Friend's Story (opera premiere)
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BRISBANE – AUSTRALIA
Queensland Music Festival
July 12th-28th
Program to include David Lang's Press Release
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MELBOURNE – AUSTRALIA
Syzygy Ensemble: Games, Riddles and Puzzles
Wednesday July 31st, 6pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
Thomas Ades: Catch
Takuma Itoh: Sounds and Shapes
Kaija Saariaho: Mirrors
Niels Ronsholdt: Die Wanderin
Annie Hsieh: New work*
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PERTH – AUSTRALIA
UWA School of Music Lunchtime Concert Series
Thursday August 1st, 1pm
University of Western Australia: Octagon Theatre
David Lang: Press Release
Luciano Berio: Sequenza IX
Polina Nazaykinskaya: Lamentation of the Bird (Australian premiere)
Anders Hillborg: Tampere Raw (Australian premiere)
Magnus Lindberg: Acequia Madre (Australian premiere)
Australia Felix: Ashley Smith (clarinet/bass clarinet), Aura Go (piano)
http://www.music.uwa.edu.au/concerts/lunchtime
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Chamber!
Sunday August 11th, 3pm
University of Western Australia: Callaway Auditorium
Brahms: Sonatas Op. 120
Berg: Vier Stucke
Schumann: Fantasiestucke Op. 73
Schumann: Romances Op. 94
Australia Felix: Ashley Smith (clarinet/bass clarinet), Aura Go (piano)
http://www.music.uwa.edu.au/concerts/chamber
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WAAPA Lunchtime Concert Series
Tuesday August 13th, 1pm
West Australian Academy of Performing Arts: Music Auditorium
Program to include:
Claude Debussy: Premiere Rhapsody
Polina Nazaykinskaya: Lamentation of the Bird
Ashley William Smith (clarinet), Anna Sleptsova (piano)
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BENDIGO – AUSTRALIA
Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music
September 12th-15th
Program to include: Giacinto Scelsi's Kya for clarinet and seven instruments
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NEW YORK – USA
Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Center
The Virtuoso Clarinetist
Tuesday November 19th, 7:30pm
http://www.chambermusicsociety.org/seasontickets/event/the_virtuoso_clarinetist_-_nov_19_2013
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